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How far will your money go in Asia?
Moving overseas is, for most expats, a leap in the dark as regards lifestyle and budgetary demands, made even more complicated if salaries and pensions are taken in the currency of the home country.
An increasing number of expats are deciding on Asia for their next move, with China in particular attracting entrepreneurs to its booming...
Cambodian Bank wins praise for stability and sound assets quality
Expats heading to Southeast Asia are right to be cautious over banking security, but one Cambodian bank is now being praised by an international credit rating agency.
Developing countries in Southeast Asia are now popular with expats, especially retirees, but their banking systems and the banks themselves don’t usually operate to first...
Wage structures for expats in Singapore
One of the most important questions when considering a move to Singapore is ‘how much will I earn’.
The majority of expat professionals contemplating a new job consider the salary offered before any other aspects of the country and city. Wages compared with living costs are priorities, especially if the move includes dependents....
Wealthy expat investors go for golden visas
The recent introduction of the so-called ‘Golden Visas’ is drawing huge numbers of wealthy expats to Eurozone destinations. \r\n\r\nControversial from the outset but now considered highly successful, Golden Visas allow wealthy foreigners to purchase the right to live permanently in a number of European Union countries. They include...
Brexit: Plunging British Pound Gives Expat Buy to Let Property Purchases in UK a Lift
Successful buy-to-let investments, both in the UK and in Europe, depend on sterling devaluation
If you’re planning on financing your expat retirement through buy-to-let investments, keep a sharp eye on the effects of the plummeting pound.
Many soon-to- be retirees looking for the good life overseas are hoping to finance a comfortable...
UAE-Indian eMigrate inititative will end exploitation
Indian officials in the UAE have said that the new revamped eMigrate online recruitment system can put a stop to employers and recruiting agents exploiting workers.
The officials have also dismissed worries that blue-collar workers have not been able to use the platform because they must apply for emigration clearance online.
On Monday,...
Egypt seizes vessels with more than 200 migrants
The Egyptian navy has seized three boats in the Mediterranean transporting 228 migrants and detained 17 crew members.
The military announced on Facebook that as part of their ongoing attempts to secure the coast, they sighted three suspicious looking fishing vessels off the port town of Alexandria. The statement went on to say that they...
Indian employers angered by eMigrate system
A number of Indian employers in the UAE are annoyed over the technical faults in the eMigrate system operated by the Indian missions in the country due to which they are unable to recruit employees from India.
The eMigrate system was launched to smoothen and streamline the recruitment of Indian workers.
About 5,000 employment visas are...
Church leader: African leaders must address problems that spark emigration
African leaders must look at the problems that lead to so many of the continent’s people emigrating, said the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace president Cardinal Peter Turkson on a recent visit to his native Ghana.
Cardinal Turkson claimed that the continent’s leaders had remained too silent while hundreds of thousands of...
60 migrants missing off Libya coastline
Roughly 60 migrants are reportedly missing off Libya, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
The IOM made their estimate after interviewing survivors who were rescued from their vessel after it got into trouble in the waters off the North African country.
The Fenice, an Italian rescue ship. Picked up more than...
